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Message: <blockquote data-quote="frankthedm" data-source="post: 4767382" data-attributes="member: 1164">wild cohort feat <a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/re/20031118a" target="_blank">Random Encounters: Wild Life - Animal Companions for Any Character</a>I would argue the high price for a gryphon involves quite a  bit of "flight tax'' and using their price for a ground pounder is just too high. I would argue that, if a large pouncing improved grabber on the players side was not such a headache. That said, it  is more honest to just say "No tigers" rather tan to price them so prohibitively.Undercosting animals can be a large problem to though.<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-3rd-edition-rules/233075-how-much-trained-war-mammoth.html" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-3rd-edition-rules/233075-how-much-trained-war-mammoth.html</a>Geneerally costs are supposed to go up exponentially, not laterally. Here are some sample costs I have noted for the core rules.1 HD of guard dog costs 25 gp per hit die2 HD of wardog cost 75 gp per hit die2 or 3 HD of warhorse[pony] cost 50 per hit die,4 HD of war horse cost 100gp per hit die.3 HD of Hippogryph cost 1000gp per hit die. Training adds 1000GP7 HD of griffon cost 1000gp per hit die. Training adds 1500GP9 HD of flesh golem costs over 2000gp per hit die.6 HD of war"cat" probably should be at least 200 gp per HD. Maybe 400 gp per HD might be more conservatively priced. So i would say somewhere between 1200 gp to 2400 gp might be fair. And having 660 pounds of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_&_Roy#Roy.27s_tiger_injury" target="_blank">supposedly trained</a> killer kitty with the party should be the source of endless amusement.And if later on the cat is proving to be too great a bargain, it might become too lazy and neurotic to be useful. I know it might be breaking the suspension of disbelief for a cat to act that way, but the potential for hilarity to have it in the party in the first place should be worth it.</blockquote>

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